Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation gave $20,000 grant to International House, Charlotte, to help launch youth English tutoring program.
Lexington Memorial Hospital donating outdated computers, printers, monitors and computer peripherals to Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina, which will clean sellable computers of data, load with Microsoft OS and Office, and sell in Lexington Goodwill store; unsellable equipment will be sold to environmentally responsible recyclers.
United Way of Cumberland awarded $200,000 to recipients in Fayetteville community from Youth Stock Growth Trust, established in 1992 by anonymous donor.
Winston-Salem Foundation awarded 17 diverse community grants totaling $330,095 to groups serving Forsyth County.
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, Winston-Salem, awarded total of $150,000 to 11 small organizations for capacity-building efforts throughout North Carolina, and total of over $1.5 million to bring substance-abuse and primary-health-care providers together.
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Yahoo- September 3, 2010Belk Charity Sale held May 1 raised over $4.5 million for hundreds of participating nonprofits in 16-state market area; nonprofits invited to participate in fall charity sale scheduled for November 6.
Autism Society of North Carolina received a $2,000 from RTI International to support summer camp program at Camp Royall and sponsor Triangle Run/Walk for Autism.
Autism Society of North Carolina over $18,000 from Keystone Insurers Group, which hosted golf tournament to raise the money. - August 30, 2010N.C. Rural Economic Development Center awarded 67 grants totaling $5.2 million to create 375 jobs and address clean water needs in 46 rural counties throughout the state.
SECU Foundation gave $5 million to assist in construction of newly named SECU Cancer Center at Mission Hospital, Asheville.
North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, getting $900,000 as part of major new research initiative from National Science Foundation aimed at improving scientists' ability to predict potential consequences of climate change.
Tenth Annual Links For Lupus Golf Tournament, Cedarwood Country Club, raised over $29,000 for Lupus Foundation of America, Piedmont Chapter, bringin to $309,000 total the tournament has raises since it began in 2000. - August 24, 2010DHIC will receive $870,000 tax-credit allocation to redevelop historically significant Water Garden property in Raleigh.
Dixon Hughes accounting firm giving $250,000 over five years to master of accounting program, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill over five years.
United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County awarded $245,481 from N.C. Arts Council for Arts in Education, Regional Artists Projects, and Grassroots Arts Program.
Wachovia Foundation investing $100,000 in initiative of Urban League North Carolina to train executives and managers who are unemployed as result of downsizing and company closings. - August 17, 2010Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County received two grants totaling $93,596 from North Carolina Arts Council to support its grant programs.
Carolina Panthers Charities have awarded North Carolina Outward Bound School grant of $5,000 to support Charlotte Youth Scholarships.
The Eastern Music Festival, Greensboro, awarded $71,250 by N.C. Arts Council to help support 2010 festival. - August 12, 2010Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh, received grants totaling more than $2.1 million in the 2009-10 fiscal year.
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle teaming up with volunteers from BB&T to upgrade Food Shuttle's vegetable production farm, participate in BackPack Buddies Program for school children and deliver grocery bags with fresh produce to seniors.
N.C. Hospital Association's foundation and N.C. Prevention Partners received two-year grant from The Duke Endowment to help North Carolina hospital employees and patients quit the use of tobacco.
GEICO pledged support to John Avery Boys & Girls Club, Durham, for Project Learn offered in after-school and summer-camp programs.
DHIC, Raleigh, received $10,000 grant from RBC Bank in support of homebuyer education and counseling efforts in its Homeownership Center. - July 30, 2010Annual fund contributions at Davidson College totaled nearly $10.78 million in 2009-10 fiscal year, exceeding $9.25 million goal, with 10,055 of 16,497 active alumni giving, or 61 percent, highest of any college or university in U.S. for the year.
Triangle Community Foundation increasing budget cap for its community grantmaking program to $1.5 million from $750,000; announced over $207,000 to be divided among 16 nonprofits chosen.
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Forsyth County received $36,000 from Chase Card Service, $40,000 from The Winston-Salem Foundation through the Bess Gray Plumly Fund and the Kerr and Naomi Pinnix Discretionary Fund, and $10,000 from The Bank of America Charitable Foundation. - July 26, 2010John Rex Endowment awarded over $1.8 million in new grant projects focusing on encouraging healthy eating, physical activity, and community-wide solutions to combat childhood obesity.
Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation gave $20,000 grant to International House, Charlotte, to help launch youth English tutoring program.
Lexington Memorial Hospital donating outdated computers, printers, monitors and computer peripherals to Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina, which will clean sellable computers of data, load with Microsoft OS and Office, and sell in Lexington Goodwill store; unsellable equipment will be sold to environmentally responsible recyclers.
United Way of Cumberland awarded $200,000 to recipients in Fayetteville community from Youth Stock Growth Trust, established in 1992 by anonymous donor.
Winston-Salem Foundation awarded 17 diverse community grants totaling $330,095 to groups serving Forsyth County.
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, Winston-Salem, awarded total of $150,000 to 11 small organizations for capacity-building efforts throughout North Carolina, and total of over $1.5 million to bring substance-abuse and primary-health-care providers together. - July 19, 2010John Rex Endowment, Raleigh, awarded capacity-building grants, totaling $186,568, to Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, Learning Together, Alliance of Disability Advocates, Community Partnerships, Interact, Lucy Daniels Center for Early Childhood, SAFEchild, and Wake Teen Medical Services.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Wake County received $40,000 from Continuous Blessings Foundation, to be used for Zebulon Boys & Girls Club.
Conservation Trust for North Carolina received one-year, $50,000 grant from Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation to help speed land and water protection across state by supporting, promoting and representing state's 23 local land trusts and protecting more land along Blue Ridge Parkway. - July 15, 2010Pennsylvania-based Kennametal Foundation donated $40,000 to UNC Asheville, benefiting programs and equipment in Zeis Hall; university named chemistry lobby, on lower level of building, in honor of Kennametal Inc.
Harris Teeter Together in Education distributed nearly $1.4 million during the 2009-10 school year to participating schools, raising total earned by schools since 1998 to $14.1 million.
North Carolina Opera, Raleigh, received gift of $60,000 from Progress Energy Foundation. - July 13, 2010DHIC, Raleigh, awarded $475,000 grant from NeighborWorks America; will use funds for $1 million renovation of Murphey School, featuring 52 affordable apartments for seniors; City of Raleigh committed $480,000 grant to project.
Carolina Panthers donating 175 televisions and eight touch-screen kiosks valued at over $10,000 to Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont that were used throughout Bank of America Stadium and by team's coaching staff.
United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro investing total of $530,000 in cultural partner grants in 21 arts programs. - July 8, 2010John Avery Boys & Girls Club of Durham received $35,000 donation from Wal-Mart to help fund Triple Play, main nutrition and physical education provided for all children at the Club.
- July 7, 2010Balfour Beatty Construction pledged three-year commitment to Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina to support chapter's mission of granting wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions.
- July 6, 2010Coastal Carolinas Health Alliance, in partnership with Diabetes Management Solutions, will establish diabetes self-management class series at six southeastern North Carolina hospitals with $167,634 grant from The Duke Endowment.
- July 6, 2010Urban Ministries of Durham getting new mattresses for community shelter, thanks to $10,000 grant from GlaxoSmithKline and $2,000 from Duke University Health Systems.
- July 6, 2010Autism Society of North Carolina received grant from The Cemala Foundation to fund full scholarships for five Guilford County children at Summer Camp Program at Camp Royall.
